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UPCOMING
EVENTS
• Sunday, August 2: Dragon*Con Planning
Meeting
• Friday-Monday, September 4-7: Dragon*Con
– USS Republic Recruitment Table
– Dragon*Con
Parade
– USS Republic
Crew Portrait
– Happy Hour
at Ten Forward
• Saturday, September 26: STARFLEET Bowling
Challenge
• Sunday, Oct. 11: Centennial Park Picnic
& Republic
Brick Hunt
• Saturday, October 31: Fourth Annual Halloween
Spooktacular
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
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USS Republic
to march in Dragon*Con parade
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USS Republic
Forums web site now online!
• USS Exeter files activity report for
June
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Last call for USS
Republic sport shirts
• Badges and calendars and DVDs, oh my!
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Personnel Records
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Recent Chapter Event Photos
SIDEBAR
• July Birthdays
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Welcome Aboard!
• July
Membership Renewals
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Member Reenlistments
• Wish List
• About the Republic
• For More Information
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USS Republic Online
• Related Sites
• Our Member Benefits
Program Partners
• News from TrekMovie.com
– Orci
Talks About Linking Next Two Star Trek Movies
– Star Trek
Sequel Shooting Next March?
– First Act
of Animated Starship Farragut Released
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Dragon*Con
Planning Meeting
6:00
p.m. Sunday, August 2, 2009
Fuddruckers Restaurant
240 Perimeter Center Parkway, Dunwoody GA 30346
(770) 399-6641 |
 Yes,
it's short notice—apologies for that—but all members
and friends of the USS Republic are cordially invited
to meet at the Fuddruckers restaurant in Dunwoody near Perimeter
Mall at 6:00 p.m. this coming Sunday, August 2, for an extremely
important dinner meeting to discuss, plan and coordinate the
Republic's activities at Dragon*Con. We'll
first enjoy some of the "World's Greatest Hamburgers"
(as well as chicken, fish and salad selections) and then get
right to the business at hand.
What We're Doing at Dragon*Con
The USS Republic will have a recruitment table
at the Atlanta Sheraton Hotel all four days of the convention,
will march in the Dragon*Con Parade on Saturday morning and
will be hosting TrekTrak's
Happy Hour at Ten Forward dance party on Sunday night. Just
before we kick off Happy Hour, we would like to gather all
Republic members in attendance in either Star Trek
costume or Republic attire for a photo opportunity
in the TrekTrak room (Atlanta Sheraton Savannah).
What We Need to Do at This Meeting
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The
Republic's recruitment table in the Sheraton
must be staffed from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday and from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
on Monday. The Republic will be sharing
the table with TrekTrak and our friends aboard
the IKAV
Nemesis, who will also be helping with
table staffing. We'll have sign-up sheets
for 1½-hour shifts and would like to be able
to schedule a full complement of volunteers throughout
the weekend. |
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ENS3
Joanne Trew is coordinating the Republic's
participation in the Dragon*Con parade (see item below),
and we heartily encourage everyone to come out on Saturday
morning and march behind our banner! Ensign
Joanne will have more information about our first-ever
Dragon*Con parade participation at this meeting. |
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Happy
Hour at Ten Forward runs from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
in the TrekTrak programming room on Sunday night
and, in addition to having DJ B-Naut on hand
to keep the room a-hippin' and a-hoppin' with high-energy
dance music, the Republic will also be offering
hospitality, snacks and refreshments to partygoers. We
need volunteers to gather and set up snacks, to serve
as hosts throughout the evening, and to break down and
reset the room for programming the next morning. We'll
figure out who does what to help make this year's Happy
Hour the very best ever! |
Even if you're not planning to attend Dragon*Con, we hope
you'll join us for a delicious meal during a fun-filled family-friendly
evening with your USS Republic shipmates. If
you're planning to attend, please
download and print this Fuddruckers Benefit Ticket
and present it to the cashier when you place your order. We
look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
FUDDRUCKERS
WEB SITE
MAP
AND DIRECTIONS |
Dragon*Con
Friday–Monday, September 4-7, 2009
The Atlanta Hilton, 255 Courtland St
The Hyatt Regency, 265 Peachtree St
The Marriott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Ave
The Atlanta Sheraton, 165 Courtland St
Atlanta GA 30303 |
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USS
Republic Recruitment Table
The Atlanta Sheraton
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Friday–Sunday
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday |
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Dragon*Con
Parade
10:00 a.m. Saturday
Peachtree Street from Auburn Ave to Peachtree Center
Avenue |
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USS
Republic Crew Portrait
7:00 p.m. Sunday
The Atlanta Sheraton Savannah Room |
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Happy
Hour at Ten Forward
7:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m. Sunday
The Atlanta Sheraton Savannah Room |
DRAGON*CON WEB SITE |
STARFLEET
Bowling Challenge
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Time and Location to Be Announced |
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The
Republic's Third Annual STARFLEET
Bowling Challenge, September 2008
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Join the
USS Republic for our Fourth Annual STARFLEET Bowling
Challenge! We've challenged the Klingon Assault
Group and the Atlanta Regional Furries to meet us in the alley...
we'll see who shows up!
The
2007 Bowling Challenge turned out to be a huge media
event with lots of TV cameras and the 2008 Challenge (pictured
above) was just as much fun. We haven't yet selected
a location for this year's Challenge, but save the date now
and plan to wear your best Star Trek costume or your
USS Republic sport shirt or chapter t-shirt for this
fun-filled family-friendly event! |
Centennial
Park Picnic & Republic Brick Hunt
A Joint Event with the USS Atlanta
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Time to Be Announced |
Fifteen
years ago, the USS Republic purchased a personalized,
inscribed brick for the brand new Centennial
Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta. We
have a certificate in our chapter archives confirming its
ownership and placement, but we do not have a photo of the
brick itself. On Sunday, October 11, members
of the Republic and the USS Atlanta—many
of whom were members of the Republic in the mid-1990s—will
come together—our first official joint event—for
an afternoon picnic in the park, a "brick hunt"
(it won't be hard... we have a map indicating where it's
located), and a group photo opportunity. Specific
details are still being worked out by Republic CO
Captain Eric L. Watts and Atlanta CO Admiral
Mike Henigan, but save the date now and plan to join
us on Saturday, October 11, for a fun-filled day in historic
Centennial Olympic Park! |
Fourth
Annual Halloween Spooktacular
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Time
and Location to Be Announced |
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The
Republic's Third
Annual Halloween Spooktacular
October 2008
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The USS
Republic's Fourth Annual Halloween Spooktacular
is scheduled for Saturday, October 31, but we have not yet
confirmed a location for the event. Any member
or friend of the Republic who would be willing to host
this event in their home should contact
the Captain as soon as possible!
This will, of course, be a costume-encouraged event—and
not necessarily Star Trek or science fiction costumes! Save
the date now! Depending on where the event is held,
it may be a potluck dinner and BYOB event... or maybe
not! Additional details to be announced. |
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
USS
Republic to march in Dragon*Con parade |
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USS
Republic and IKAV Nemesis members marching
together at Atlanta's St. Patrick's Parade, March
2009
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On Saturday,
Sepember 5, the 8th Annual Dragon*Con
Parade will take over downtown Atlanta. Last
year, over 2,000 costumed Dragon*Con members took over Peachtree
Street and this year promises to be bigger. Why? Because
this is the year that the USS Republic plans to make
its very first showing in the Dragon*Con Parade! Please
put on your best Star Trek costume or USS
Republic sport shirt (see below) and proudly
march with your fellow crewmembers behind our full-color
parade banner (seen above). Signing up is easy at
the Dragon*Con
Parade YahooGroups. After joining, click the
Database link on the left, then click the "2009 Dragon*Con
Parade Registration" link in the Tables list, then
click "Add Record" to sign up! Please
note that you must be a member of Dragon*Con to march in
the parade. The deadline to register for the parade
is August 15, 2009.
Let's show Atlanta why the USS Repubic is the largest
STARFLEET chapter in the world! Any questions regarding
the Republic's participation in the Dragon*Con parade
can be directed to ENS3 Joanne Trew at jmtrew@comcast.net.
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| USS
Republic Forums web site now online! |
 Thanks
entirely to the efforts of Ens Drew Schlosser, the
USS Republic's Forums web site is now not only online
and fully functional, but can also be easily found at the
nifty new web address of www.ussrepublic.info!
The Forums site is a new online community where our
membership can log in, create a variety of topics for discussion,
post messages and announcements and, best of all, not
have such messages emailed to every member subscribed to our
members-only YahooGroups message board! The Forums
site has been inaugurated with twelve different topics dealing
mostly with various aspects of Star Trek. Sometime
soon, some additonal topics will be added that are more chapter-specific. All
members are encouraged to visit the site, register and get
the discussions going! And be sure to thank Ens
Drew Schlosser for his excellent work! |
| USS
Exeter files activity report for June |
 Commander
John R. Sims, Commanding Officer of the USS Exeter
NCC-1706, submitted the following report for June 2009:
This past month was kind of slow. After
all the hustle and bustle of the Star
Trek
movie premiere and all the other activities, we decided to
take a rest. We did stay in touch seeing as a lot
of us work for the same company.
We would like to welcome our four new members to the Exeter
and the Fleet. They are: Alex O'Conner and
his father Barry, Macauley McMenemy and Becci
Bradbury. The last two are from the Unitd Kingdom
and are from the city to which this ship gets its namesake...
Exeter!
We will be having a dinner meeting at the Golden Corral on
Sunday, July 5, at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully all of the
new members can attend and get to meet their new shipmates.
As of July 4, the USS Exeter crew included twelve STARFLEET
members in good standing. Visit the Exeter's
web site here. |
| Last
call to order new Republic sport shirts |
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Members
of the Republic look great in our embroidered
sport shirts on Georgia Public Broadcasting last December
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Detail
of our embroidered sport shirts--click to enlarge
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We're preparing
to place an order for our popular chapter sport shirts—a
high-quality collared shirt with a black yoke, collar and
sleeves with a royal blue torso, reminiscent of the Voyager-style
STARFLEET uniform—with the Republic's red, blue,
yellow and black logo embroidered on the left breast. These
shirts have been very popular at Republic events and
activities where full Star Trek costumes aren't necessary
or appropriate.
It was previously announced that we needed a minimum order
of ten shirts in order to make them affordable for our members,
but with Dragon*Con now only a month away, we're going to
combine our order with the TrekTrak volunteer staff
order and also make them available to members of Region 2,
so we no longer need to wait for ten Republic members
to place orders. Available in all sizes from Small
to 3XL, these great-looking shirts are available for only
$40.00 each (plus $5.00 shipping, if needed). The
deadline to place your order is Friday, August 14. Payment
options and instructions can be found in our Ship's
Store. Don't miss your chance to get this
great-looking shirt! |
| Badges
and calendars and DVDs, oh my! |
The
USS Republic's Ship's
Store has plenty of merchandise still available. Help
stimulate your chapter's economy by purchasing one
or more of these exclusive, custom-made, Republic-branded
items that are the envy of all other Region 2 chapters.
 Our
very own, custom-designed chapter comm badges, designed and
created by Capt Michael Cowart, feature the Republic's
"Delta Shield/Capital R" logo rendered in a Deep Space
Nine/Voyager-style comm badge that can be worn
with your Next Generation-era style uniform. Each
badge is individually cast in urethane resin and painted by
hand to closely resemble the silver and bronze colors of comm
badges actually used on the modern Star Trek series.
Available in your choice of traditional butterfly clutch (most
secure) for $10.00 each or magnetic backing (won't harm fabric)
for $12.00 each, these unique chapter comm badges will be
a perfect addition to your uniform for all future chapter
events. Show your pride in the Republic and visit
the Republic's Ship's
Store to order yours now!
 LAST
CHANCE! HALF-PRICE Calendars! Printed
in full color and on heavyweight card stock, drilled and comb-bound
for easy wall-hanging, the USS Republic's 2009 calendars
feature twelve photos from the Republic's highest-profile
events and activities from 2008, as well as member birthdays,
federal holidays, major religious and seasonal observances,
and most Atlanta-area science fiction convention dates. THE
calendar for all your fannish needs, this full-sized (10¾"
x 17"), limited edition calendar, regularly priced at
$10.00, can now be yours for only $5.00 postpaid. All
remaining unsold calendars will be given away to new members
who join the Republic at Dragon*Con, so this really
is your last chance to get yours before they're gone forever! Visit
the Ship's
Store to order yours now!
 GPB
Pledge Drive DVDs: We came, we answered phones, we conquered! Twenty-one
members and friends of the USS Republic answered phones
for two hours during Georgia Public Broadcasting's live semi-annual
Pledge Drive on Saturday, December 6... and we've got it on
DVD! See Capt Eric L. Watts be interviewed
on live TV! See Ens Eddie Hines ham it up
for the cameras! See two fully ridged Klingons
try to hold phones to their heads! See it all for
only $5.00 per each postpaid DVD! In addition to
40 minutes of televised Republic samaritanism, this
four-hour DVD also includes the last half-hour of Celtic
Woman–The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection; Victor
Borge: 100 Years of Music & Laughter! (1½ hrs); Yanni
Voices (30 min.) and the first hour of My Music: My
Generation–The 60s, hosted by Michelle Phillips. Visit
the Ship's
Store to order yours now! |
| Personnel
Records |
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Congratulations
to ENS2 Lea Hepler, whose entry in the STARFLEET
Star Trek Short Story Writer's Contest,
"A Chance to Win," has been selected as one
of six finalists among the twenty-one entries received. Those
six entries will be judged and ranked by renowned Star
Trek author and editor (and perennial Dragon*Con
guest/TrekTrak panelist) Keith
R. A. DeCandido. The winning story will
be published in an upcoming issue of the STARFLEET Communiqué
and the winning author will receive prizes ranging from
a $10 STARFLEET Quartermaster's Store gift certificate
to a flash drive valued at $25. Good luck,
Ensign Lea! |
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 Congratulations
to ENS2 Zannetta Law for walking 8 kilometers
(five miles!) in the 5th
Annual Pink Ribbon Walk, a breast cancer awareness
and fundraising event for Sisters...
By Choice, on Saturday, July 18, at Stone Mountain
Park. Breast cancer is the most common cancer
among Georgia women and the second highest cause of
their death. Every year, hundreds gather on Stone
Mountain to raise funds for the Mobile Breast Clinic,
which travels throughout Georgia to help medically under-served
women gain access to quality breast care. |
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 Please
join Ensign Brenda Pruitt (Executive Director),
ENS2 Michael Shipley (Bass) and Captain Eric
L. Watts (Bass) for the Atlanta
Gay Men's Chorus' summer concert, "Lush
Life: The Music of Billy
Strayhorn" on Saturday, August 1, at Symphony
Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. A joint
concert with Jazz
Orchestra Atlanta and in partnership with the
National
Black Arts Festival, this one-night-only event
features the 100-voice AGMC with tenor John
Wesley Wright, actress Donzaleigh
Abernathy, vocalist L’Tanya
Moore and a fourteen-piece jazz orchestra. Click
here to purchase your ticket! |
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Chapter Event Photos |
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Sci-Fi
Summer Con Recruitment Table || June
12-14, 2009
Seated and in front: Ens Kenneth Cribbs,
ENS2 Zannetta Law, Ens Alex Green, Ens Gann Monroe.
Standing in back: Ens Barry Bynum, ENS2 Nelson A.
Barnhouse, Ens Eric Solomon, CRMN3 Jenilee Trew, ENS3
Julianne Trew, ENS3 Joanne Trew, ENS2 Mark A. Ozanick,
Ens Eddie Hines, Ens John Godwin, Ens Eric Hendrix,
ENS2 Andrea Benton, Ens Jennifer Hendrix, Admiral
Mike Henigan (CO, USS Atlanta) and ENS2 Tony
Cade.
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Sci-Fi
Summer Con Saturday Night Dance ||
June 13, 2009
CO Capt Eric L. Watts, ENS3 Joanne Trew,
ENS2 Sue Lin Lange, Ens Eric Solomon, ENS3 Julianne
Trew, Lt. JG Christian "Shep" Shepherd, Ens Bill Searcy.
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JULY
BIRTHDAYS
Tuesday, July 1
ENS2 Zannetta Law
Tuesday, July 8
Cadet Karl Dissinger
Tuesday,
July 13
ENS3 Todd Dissinger
Tuesday,
July 22
Ens Patrick Stephens
Tuesday,
July 24
Ens William Russell
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WELCOME
ABOARD!
9 New Members in June!
Ensign
Barry Bynum
Ensign Kenneth Cribbs
Ensign Audra Diaha
Ensign Alex Green
Ensign David Gregory
Ensign Eric Hendrix
Ensign Jennifer Hendrix
Ensign Gann Monroe
Ensign Heather Shepherd
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JULY
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' dues
expire in July
ENS3
Chadd Franklin
ENS2 Andrea Benton
CLICK
HERE TO RENEW!
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their memberships
in June
Commander David A. Slaughter
Ensign John Godwin
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The
Republic needs certain items on a continuing basis
to operate. To help keep our expenses and membership
dues as low as possible, donations of the following items
would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for
your support!
CRITICAL NEED: HP 10 black, cyan, magenta and yellow
ink cartridges
Also:
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Wi-fi
enabled Windows XP laptop with remote mouse |
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HP
10 black, cyan, magenta and yellow printheads |
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postage
stamps |
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Avery
8160 or compatible address labels |
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9
x 12 manila clasp envelopes |
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8½
x 11 90-lb. white index card stock (Springhill 15101) |
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clear
packing tape |
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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Commissioned
on May 14, 1988 at Dixie-Trek in Atlanta, Georgia, the
USS Republic NCC-1371 is a chapter of STARFLEET
International (SFI) and a member of STARFLEET Region 2. The
Republic currently has 93 active members
(as of July 26) and is the largest chapter of STARFLEET
in the world.
The Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule
of events for its members, frequently partnering with
other local science fiction groups in the Atlanta area
for joint activities, but does not hold meetings on a
consistently fixed date each month.
Membership in the Republic includes membership
in STARFLEET International. Annual dues are $25
per person for both groups (family discounts are available
with certain conditions and restrictions). Membership
in the Republic includes a subscription to our
award-winning quarterly magazine, The Sovereign Star,
access to our YahooGroups message board, voting privileges
in chapter elections and a personalized laminated membership
card which entitles the member to discounts and rebates
on products and services offered by our Member Benefits
Program partners. Additional information on Republic
membership and how to join is on our award-winning web
site.
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NEWS
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| Orci
Talks About Linking Next Two Star Trek Movies; Saldana
Says Script "Half Done" |
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July 25, 2009
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by
Anthony Pascale
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indications from Paramount over the last few months have
shown they are anxious to keep the ball rolling with the
Trek franchise and get another movie out ASAP. Now
it appears they planning for the long term and want the
creative team to be thinking two steps ahead. The latest
news comes from a comment from Bob Orci at Comic Con. Also
at Comic Con, Zoe Saldana says the next Star Trek
script is ‘half done.’ |
The
new Star Trek trilogy takes shape
The latest indication of forward thinking comes from
a comment made by Star Trek co-writer Roberto Orci
at a party at Comic Con. When asked if he could give an
update on the latest meeting with Paramount about the next
film, he said: |
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was decided [at the last meeting]. It was really about,
hmmm. You know what, I’ll give you a tidbit. [They said
to us] "We thought maybe you could do that as like
2 and 3." |
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is actually not the first time Orci has talked about the
third film from the new team. Back in June he told Collider
that the team were thinking about linking the next two films,
saying: |
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terms of thinking about more than one movie, we want the
movie to be self-contained in a way, but we’re discussing
the idea of having a couple of threads where if the second
movie works, you could pick up into a cohesive whole. |
| At
the time Orci cited the Spock/McCoy ‘remember’ scene in
Star Trek II, which was picked up in Star Trek
III. |
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course it has been reported before that the new crew are
all up for options for two additional films, so it makes
sense for the studio to be thinking long-term. Studio bosses
have been touting Trek as one of their key franchises
moving forward. |
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question now is, how far will they take this link between
the second and third films? An extreme case would be to
go as far as filming them back to back, which has been done
before, like with the Lord of the Rings films or
the last two Back to the Future films. One thing
is for sure, it looks like there is more Trek in
our future. |
Saldana
Says new script half-way done
And in another development, Zoe Saldana (Uhura) tells SciFi
Wire that the script is "half-way done." This doesn’t
mesh with what the writers have been saying, but Saldana
offered this: |
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do know that they are germinating a script. That’s what
they told us a month and a half ago, which actually means—in
that kind of talk it means that they’re probably halfway
done with a script. They just can’t present it to anybody.
But they’re very excited, and there is a lot of pressure,
because now it’s like, "Oh, do you do The Wrath
of Khan or do you do this or whatever?" |
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also noted she believed production for the second Star
Trek film would commence in 2010. Others, including
Bruce Greenwood (Pike) have also suggested a Summer 2010
timeframe for production on the Star Trek: Something
Something sequel. |
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Star Trek
Sequel Shooting Next March? |
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July 27, 2009
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by
Anthony Pascale
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another brief Comic Con interview, Zoe Saldana talked to
MTV about the next Star Trek movie. She was non-committal
on the subject of Khan, but noted that she is already being
asked about her availability next year. |
March?
The latest “Star Trek: Something Something”
news comes from a brief intreview by MTV at San Diego Comic
Con (where Saldana was promoting the upcoming Avatar
movie). She says she has been asked (by the producers) "What
are you doing?" in March, June and September. Saldana says
she is free “whenever” they “come callin.’” |
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we have reported before, Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman have
said that they and Damon Lindelof are expected to have the
script finished by Christmas. Although the pre-production
for the fist new Star Trek movie lasted around nine
months, the second one should go much faster as there will
be much less casting and much of the production design,
construction, costumes, etc. is already completed. According
to TrekMovie sources, Paramount is hoping to have the next
Star Trek film out May 2011. But no official announcements
have been made, and as we saw with the first film, things
can always get changed in Hollywood. |
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First Act of Animated Starship Farragut Released |
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July
23, 2009
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Anthony Pascale
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| Editor's
Note: The USS Republic
screened Starship
Farragut's
first episode, "The Captaincy," in May
2007. Members of the cast and
crew will be appearing on this year's TrekTrak. |
| Starship
Farragut, a TOS-era fan production, has set a fan film
milestone by being the first to produce both live action
and animated episodes. The first part of their first animated
episode was released this week. TrekMovie talked to the
Farragut producers to get all the latest news and
details on what’s next. |
Farragut
gets animated
The guys at Farragut Films and NEO f/x decided that
the time had come for fan films to go to the second dimension,
so they set out to recreate the look of Star Trek: The
Animated Series, but with the crew of the TOS-era fan
film Star Trek [sic] Farragut. The Farragut
cast provides the voice work, and NEO f/x uses CGI to lovingly
recreate the Filmation style of TAS. |
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their first episode, "Power Source," they even have some
famous guest stars doing some voice work (Chase Masterson
and Chris Doohan). The episode is about the USS Farragut
dispatched to meet up with the USS Azrael (a single-nacelle
Saladin class ship), only to find out that the Azreal’s
captain is under the influence of alien technology. Although
they are set on board the USS Farragut, the animated
show ties into TAS by incorporating the character Thelin
(voiced by Doohan), who was the Andorian first officer of
the USS Enterprise in an alternative timeline (TAS
"Yesteryear"). |
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episode of Starship Farragut: The Animated Episodes will
fit into the original TAS half-hour structure (but without
the commercials). The first act is now available online
at the official site (farragut-animated.com). |
| Farragut
Animated producer Michael Struck tells TrekMovie that
Act 2 of "Power Source" should be released on August 3rd
and the final act by the end of August. They are also hoping
to have all three acts of their second episode "The Needs
of the Many" out by the end of the year (again split into
three act releases). That episode will tell the story of
Capt. Carter of the Farragut facing the same Gorn
Captain Kirk fought in "Arena." It will also feature the
guest voice of Tim Russ. |
Starship
Farragut Update
As for the live-action part of the Farragut
family, besides doing voice work for the animated show,
the focus this year has been on building their own sets
located in St. Mary’s, Georgia (previous Farragut
productions have mostly used the Star Trek: New Voyages
sets). Farragut Films plans to have sets for the bridge,
transporter room, captain’s quarters, corridor and shuttlecraft
ready in time to shoot their next episode in early 2010.
In April, they held an open house to their new facility. |
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producer/star John Broughton tells TrekMovie.com he hopes
to release their fifth production, a full-length episode
titled "Damn the Torpedoes," by the end of 2010. Here is
a synopsis of "Damn the Torpedoes": |
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USS Farragut is bringing a Federation diplomat, retired
Admiral Glasgow, to negotiate a truce. When the Admiral’s
shuttlecraft disappears into a mined asteroid field, with
other diplomats aboard, Captain Carter and his crew must
find a way to rescue them without starting an interstellar
war! |
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also made some news last month, winning the Best Fan Film
award for the second year in a row at the Wrath of Con science
fiction conference and film festival in Panama City Beach,
Florida. It was awarded for their latest production, the
"Crew Log" half-length episode “A Rock and a Hard
Place,” which you can download at starshipfarragut.com.
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more on Starship Farragut, visit the official site
at starshipfarragut.com.
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